Nigeria Favors Mandriva Over Microsoft Once More

[RobDee]

Backpedaling, eh?

No aktewally - I come from a long line of Nigerians - me and my bro's are
sat here pissin ourselves that u call me a bigot due to one thing only - my
comments on Nigeria - and here's the funny bit - the absoloutely amazingly
funny bit - like a funny bus from funny town - or a funny hovercraft from
funnytown bay I AM Nigerian!!!!

Tee hee hhee hheee heehheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Maybe I AM a bigot - I quite like people who are open minded but have no
time for f***tards who see only bigotry and constantly judge other people by
their own standards....

All the Nigerian guys here in Q8 would like to thank you for the
entertainment - after all we can't go down the pub or anything.........


))))))))

 

[Alias]

No aktewally - I come from a long line of Nigerians - me and my bro's
are sat here pissin ourselves that u call me a bigot due to one thing
only - my comments on Nigeria - and here's the funny bit - the
absoloutely amazingly funny bit - like a funny bus from funny town - or
a funny hovercraft from funnytown bay I AM Nigerian!!!!

Tee hee hhee hheee heehheeeeeeeeeeeee!

Maybe I AM a bigot - I quite like people who are open minded but have no
time for f***tards who see only bigotry and constantly judge other
people by their own standards....

All the Nigerian guys here in Q8 would like to thank you for the
entertainment - after all we can't go down the pub or anything.........


))))))))

And you expect me to believe you? LOL!

 

[Alias]

<None of this backs up your claim. And you don't know what you're
talking about when it comes to the White House either. You're pathetic.
You'll do good to keep an eye Spain.>

No fraud from Washington? LOL! Once again, you prove how idiotic and ill
informed you are. WMD. Oil (Hugo Chavez gives his thanks to Bush for
making him a multi billionaire and so does Exxon, BP, Shell and the
boys). Secret wiretaps. All of this *defrauds* the American public and
the whole world for that matter.

I read those articles. Where does it say the fraud did not originate in
California and New York? This should be good.

 

[caver1]

forty-nine wrote:
dennis@home wrote:


Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin] wrote:
My understanding is 11,000 out of the 100,000 systems will get
Mandriva Linux. So, a significant portion is still going to
Windows. A lot of persons in the country seem to still be
swaying towards Windows regardless of the Mandriva deal.


Its another MS stinker. Linux gets the deal so lets drop our
prices.
In any other industry it would be called dumping.


So an OS that is free must be the ultimate in dumping then.

Dumping is where you sell below cost price.
The cost price of an OS license is close to zero so unless M$
give it away they are not dumping.


No in business it is dumping. Linux in itself is not a business.
There

to. They don't cut their price to undercut MS.
So then it MS's cost is close to zero why do we have to pay so
much for it?
So MS is either dumping or gouging.
caver1


So what's it called when you sell a "free" product ?
Gouging ?
Scamming?

Linux wants to play big business, but doesn't like the game ?
Boohoo



Linux is not sold. Some services are sold or programs that are built
for Linux are sold.
the open source portion is never sold.
If you look at the Nigerian debacle MS wasn't making the deal with
the Nigerian gov't it was making the deal with the supplier. The
Nigerian gov't had to step in and say no our contract was for
Mandriva. So MS was even trying to slip it in under the table.
caver1


But as luck would have it, XP disc have the ability to format HD's.
Clever devices, computers are.
What is shipped on a PC doesn't have to remain on a PC.

Which is true. The reverse is also true.
Contracts are binding.
caver1

Contract ?
You mean a service contract...that unless specified doesn't prevent
overwriting linux with windows.
They would simply not contact Mandriva for tech help (why would they).

A quote from the article :
The organization reserves the right to choose whichever platform is best
for Nigerian students, which could also include Microsoft's software in
the future, said the official.

Unless you are privy to the details of the contract, the above quote
implies the contract in no way "binds" the OS to the computers.

I have a license agreement with Microsoft...in no way am I "bound" to
have it installed.

If you would read further on the subjevt you would
find that is was MS bribing the supplier to wipe
the drives and install MS. When the gov't found
out they stepped in and said no way.
t is very unethical, on MS's part, to wipe
someones harddrive and replace it with something
else without their knowledge. It is bordering on
illegal on the suppliers part.
caver1

 

[caver1]

Don't know, I think the remaining operating system choice is up in the
air and not defined for the remaining units.

Reason being, it states "is expected to eventually ship more than 100,000
of the computers".

So reads to me more like they are shipping 11,000 units now and more
later. Not unlikely that the additional units would have the same OS as
the first 11k, whatever it will end up being.

The first 11,000 are test units. If they like
them then the rest will ship with the same OS.
MS is even scared to let someone test Linux and
then decide.
caver1

 

[Alias the Clucker]

No fraud from Washington? LOL! Once again, you prove how idiotic and ill
informed you are. WMD. Oil (Hugo Chavez gives his thanks to Bush for
making him a multi billionaire and so does Exxon, BP, Shell and the
boys). Secret wiretaps. All of this *defrauds* the American public and
the whole world for that matter.

I read those articles. Where does it say the fraud did not originate in
California and New York? This should be good.

<You can stop blabbering now, because you're no expert on anything. You
may think you're some kind of Super Woman Clucker after you take a hit,
but the reality is that you put you panties on one leg at a time. You
don't have your finger on the pulse of anything, just like you didn't
have your finger pointing correct on the Frank chase, Sherlock-ett.>

 

[Stephan Rose]

The first 11,000 are test units. If they like
them then the rest will ship with the same OS. MS is even scared to let
someone test Linux and then decide.
caver1

Not surprisingly. 100k licenses is a lot, even for a company the size of
Microsoft. They aren't about to just give that up without a fight.

And I don't know if "scared" would be the correct term to use. But I can
see why Microsoft might be worried they aren't going to get that 100k
license contract.

It can be argued back and forth all day if Linux is ready or not for
mainstream. I personally even will say that for some cases it is, in
others it is not, largely depending on the users needs.

Now, how complex are the needs of a kid in elementary school? Not very.
The needs are going to probably revolve around some basic text editing,
educational games / software, things of that nature. Simple stuff.
Microsoft Office would actually already be beyond overkill and in my
opinion far too complex for the target audience, as well as a complex
Operating system such as Vista. But I suppose they could randomly click
around minesweeper. People can try to call Windows simple all they like,
try to put it into a hands of a little kid and see what happens.

Personally, I too find Linux in cases like this to be far more
appropriate than windows. Simply because it can be simplified down to a
level where a kid that age can actually *use* it without breaking it.

If I had to set up a PC for school kids like that, I'd just grab
Edubuntu, install it, create a non-privileged account...done. It'd not be
possible to do any damage to the system from the account, it'd have
access to all sorts of little educational software, games, and the
like...perfect.

Now Windows? Let's see...I could install Vista, Vista, Vista, or Vista.
Maybe if I'm lucky XP. Even if I create a non-privileged account, it's
still only marginally protected in comparison. UAC prompts don't protect
from the damage a kid can do randomly clicking on things to see what they
do. And software-wise, there is wordpad, calculator, minesweeper and
SOLITAIRE!!! YAY!!!!

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Stephan
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